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  1. 'Brain Sweat' Due Here on Wednesday

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 29, 1934
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Subject: Andrew Tribble, Are You Decent? (Play), Brain Sweat, Broadway, Longacre Theater, Wife Insurance
    Description: New York Times clipping announcing changes in theatre schedule, mentioning Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.

  2. Columbia University Student Chorus Line of Men in Women's Costumes

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1934
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dance, Drag, Performing arts
    Subject: Lyla Roberti, Mae West
    Description: VS row of stockinged chorus line legs dancing / Pan up legs to reveal that the dancers are all men in tutus and stockings / CU man in blond wig, earrings, feather boa, and hat (Mae West) sings / MS...

  3. Gladys Bentley and her King's Terrace Revue

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 7, 1934
    Topics: Musical theatre, Musicians
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, King's Terrace Revue, Lafayette Theatre

  4. In the Name of Art

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Johns, Vere E.
    Date: Apr. 28, 1934
    Topics: Drag, Musical theatre
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Lafayette Theatre, Ralph Cooper, Tiny Bradshaw

  5. Lafayette Theatre

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 14, 1934
    Topics: Crossdressing, Musical theatre, Musicians
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Lafayette Theatre

  6. New York Police's War on Cafes Ends

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 7, 1934
    Topics: Criminal law, Musicians, Police
    Subject: Exclusive Club, Florence Richardson, Gladys Bentley, Harold L. Allen, King's Terrace

  7. Pauli Murray for City Councilor Campaign Resume

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: 1933 to 1945
    Topics: African American transgender people, Liberal Party, Transgender people, Transgender politicians
    Subject: Citizen's Committee of Children, N.Y. County Lawyer's Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Council for Negro Women, Pauli Murray
    Description: Pauli Murray's resume for their City Councilor campaign. Detailed information on Pauli Murray's educational, occupational, and community-oriented pursuits. Also includes some endorsements by the Am...

  8. Pauli Murray's Family Photograph Album, ca. 1919-1950

     
    Collection: Pauli Murray
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Murray, Pauli
    Date: 1910 to 1950
    Topics: African American transgender people, Transgender people, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Pauli Murray
    Description: Photograph album entitled, "The 'Life and Times' of An American Called Pauli Murray," featuring photos of Pauli Murray through the years, Murray's family and friends, and experiences during Murray'...

  9. Promotional photo of Don Holly in a black dress

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator: Conner-Gedde
    Date: circa 1930 to 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Don Holly
    Description: Photograph of Don Holly posing in a long halter black dress and open-finger white sleeves, with a flower-like hairpiece. Near the bottom right corner, there is a handwritten message that refers to ...

  10. Promotional portrait of Don Holly

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator: Moss Photo
    Date: 1930 to circa 1960
    Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Don Holly
    Description: Promotional Photograph of Don Holly, in a headshot style, posing in a white flowy low neck dress, large jeweled earrings, and a white floral headpiece.

  11. Walter Hart Scrapbook

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Hart, Walter
    Date: circa 1930 to 1978
    Topics: Comedians, Drag performers, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ musicians, Mothers of LGBTQ+ people, Revues, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Club 365, Finocchio's Club, Frank Doran, Freddy Renault, Gay Nineties, Ida Re'Velle, Jackie Maye, La Fiesta, Mae West, Music Box Theatre, Nicki Gallucci, Ray Bourbon, Sophie Tucker, Walter Hart
    Description: This scrapbook documents the career and social life of Walter Hart, a female impersonator who headlined at Finocchio's nightclub in San Francisco between the 1930s and 1950s. Scrapbook pages includ...